NDLI: Relocation strategies and algorithms for free-floating Car Sharing Systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Weikl, S. Bogenberger, K.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces, Department of Traffic Engineering, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85577 Neubiberg, Germany (Weikl, S.; Bogenberger, K.)
Abstract	During the last two years so-called free-floating Car Sharing Systems became very popular. These systems in comparison to the conventional Car Sharing Systems allow short one-way trips. Today, the spatial distribution of vehicles within free-floating Car Sharing Systems is either self-organized, which means it is only dependent on the customer's demand or in a few cases the positioning is manually controlled by system operators. None of the known free-floating Car Sharing Systems has a clear defined relocation strategy or is online optimized based on the current demand. Within this paper several relocation strategies are introduced and categorized. For each category a relocation algorithm is described and evaluated. Also a new integrated two-step algorithm for optimal positioning and strategy selection is described in detail. This new approach consists of an offline demand clustering that allows for strategy pre-selection. The online module of the approach measures the differences between optimal vehicle positioning and current positioning and selects the best relocation strategy for implementation.
Starting Page	355
Ending Page	360
File Size	393734
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467330640
ISSN	21530009
e-ISBN	9781467330633
e-ISBN	9781467330626
DOI	10.1109/ITSC.2012.6338869
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-09-16
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Maintenance engineering Clustering algorithms Internet Optimization Supply and demand Bicycles
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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